Art Director

About Moonbug Entertainment

Thank you for considering the Art Director (FTC) role with Moonbug Entertainment, Moonbug is an award-winning global entertainment company inspiring kids everywhere to laugh, learn and grow.  The company is behind some of the biggest kids’ entertainment brands in the world including CoComelon and Blippi. Moonbug believes every child should have access to our entertaining and enriching content, which is why our shows are available on more than 150 video platforms globally including Netflix, Disney+, BBC iPlayer and YouTube Kids. Moonbug is also a global leader in pre-school music and audio experiences, available on 100+ audio platforms globally. Moonbug brands extend far beyond the screen to include streaming music, toys, games, books, live events, and even theme park exhibits.  

Moonbug is part of Candle Media, an independent, creator-friendly home for cutting-edge, high-quality, category-defining brands and franchises. By bringing together elite talent operating at the intersection of content, community, and commerce, it helps to position leading entertainment businesses for accelerated, sustainable growth in the current market and beyond. 

This role reports onsite in our London office. 

The Role:

Moonbug is seeking an Art Director responsible for the visual style of a 2D animated series and related marketing materials. 

The successful candidate will be responsible for communicating the vision of the show design to all relevant crew/vendors and oversee the development and execution of all the shows visual assets ensuring their consistency and quality that meets or exceeds Moonbugs expectations

Responsibilities:

• Oversees and provides approvals of artwork, providing thoughtful feedback, as well as drawovers if necessary to external vendor pre-production stakeholders.
• Generates or oversees the generation of artwork in areas of specialisation which may include character, environment, props, textures, mood, lighting, and story concepts, or any material which clarifies creative intent.
• Accountable for; on time, on-budget execution, and delivery of all design assets.
• Communicates with senior production leadership to ensure designs fall on schedule and within scope.
• Demonstrates that they clearly understand all design elements of the project, 
• Provides leadership to their team  inspiring and motivating them, 
• Works with the Producer to keep  the project on budget and on schedule. .
• Determines how best to represent a concept visually.
• Develops and maintains the overall look of the series as well as related content.
• Reviews and provides notes/ approvals in a clear and timely fashion 
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience within animation and visual development/production design.
• Must have significant animation CG art direction experience in either/both short form or/and long form.
• Extensive art direction experience in the children's media space, ideally preschool content.
• Keen eye for creating appealing designs for young audiences.
• Leadership experience and well-developed teamwork skills.
• Proven leader of teams and developer of people.
• A problem solver; able to foresee issues and strategise and execute solutions.
• Extremely organized, motivated, adaptable and personable, with a diverse skill set.

• 7+ years of experience within animation and visual development/production design.
• Must have significant animation CG art direction experience in either/both short form or/and long form.
• Extensive art direction experience in the children's media space, ideally preschool content.
• Keen eye for creating appealing designs for young audiences.
• Leadership experience and well-developed teamwork skills.
• Proven leader of teams and developer of people.
• A problem solver; able to foresee issues and strategise and execute solutions.
• Extremely organized, motivated, adaptable and personable, with a diverse skill set.